Are men literally working themselves to death? A psychiatrist on what you can do to manage stress

By now, a lot of you know that being overworked can bleed into other parts of your life, especially if work has become your entire identity.  But a new study published in the American Heart Association’s journal, Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, found that being stressed at work isn’t just bad for your mental health or your social skills. The significant impact of stress on the heart means that people regularly dealing with work strain may be at risk for heart problems. According to Hims, the study followed more than 6,000 white-collar workers without cardiovascular disease over an 18-year span, during which researchers observed a startling conclusion: Stress is a factor that contributes to heart disease risk—especially for men.  Men who were habitually stressed at work were 49% more likely to develop heart disease than those who weren’t. Left unaddressed, stress can lead to adverse health effects like increased blood pressure, and even a heart attack.& So what’s a stressed man to do if winning the lottery doesn’t work out? Here are some ways stress affects the body and how to manage job strain if you’re seeing signs that stress is affecting your heart or other parts of your physical...